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Actor Woods sues RI hospital in brother’s death
Two-time Oscar-nominated actor James Woods has sued a Rhode Island hospital over the 2006 death of his younger brother.

 
Matthew Broderick focuses on ’Wonderful World’
Matthew Broderick says he’s puzzled by the bashing he’s received for his actions during the first New York preview of "The Starry Messenger," a new play by good friend Kenneth Lonergan.

 
Deja vu: Wal-Mart, Amazon, Target in DVD price war
First it was books. Now it’s DVDs.

 
Tom Hanks, others screen ’Beyond All Boundaries’
Actors Tom Hanks, Patricia Clarkson and James Cromwell walked the red carpet Thursday before a private screening of the Hanks-produced war film "Beyond All Boundaries" held at the World War II Museum in New Orleans.

 
Records: Morgan Freeman settles suit on car wreck
Morgan Freeman has settled a lawsuit related to a 2008 car accident that seriously injured him and a passenger, according to court records posted Thursday. Terms of the settlement were not released.

 
Comedian Mo’Nique gets serious in ’Precious’
Mo’Nique likes to laugh. A lot.

 
Capsule reviews: `Precious’ and others
Capsule reviews of films opening this week:

 
Sundance takes a hike with screenings around US
Robert Redford’s Sundance Film Festival is going on the road for one night next winter.

 
Review: `A Christmas Carol’ suffocates in glitz
Lionel Barrymore. Alastair Sim. Laurence Olivier. Albert Finney. George C. Scott. Bill Murray. Michael Caine. Mr. Magoo. Scrooge McDuck.

 
Brad Pitt looking for new motorbike after LA crash
Brad Pitt says he is in the market for a new motorcycle.

 
Tom Hanks-produced ’4-D’ film comes to WWII Museum
Actor Tom Hanks says viewers are in for a realistic "wartime experience" when the new film he produced, "Beyond All Boundaries," opens at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans on Friday.

 
Zhang says ’Blood Simple’ has shades of Chow
Zhang Yimou says his first movie in three years has shades of comedian Stephen Chow’s outlandish humor and marks the first time the "Raise the Red Lantern" director shot in digital format.

 
Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to co-host Oscars
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are taking on the Oscars.

 
Stars switch on London’s Christmas lights
Jim Carrey, Colin Firth and Bob Hoskins switched on London’s Christmas lights on Tuesday and attended the world premiere of the 3-D film "A Christmas Carol."

 
Review: `Men Who Stare at Goats’ has fuzzy vision
A fun tone is undermined by disjointed storytelling in George Clooney’s "The Men Who Stare at Goats," and it all starts with the disclaimer that opens the movie: "More of this is true than what you might imagine."

 
Carrey’s Scrooge rings in Hollywood holiday spirit
Hollywood loves money. So does Ebenezer Scrooge. So what better way to launch the holiday season than putting the old money-grubber at the head of the line to separate movie-goers from their cash?

 
Stormtrooper battle returns to British courts
The George Lucas empire struck back Tuesday against a British prop designer who sold replicas of the iconic Stormtrooper uniforms from the "Star Wars" movies.

 
Swiss court to assess Polanski bail appeal
Roman Polanski has re-appealed to the Swiss courts to be released from prison on bail, officials said Tuesday, the latest step in the director’s protracted legal battle to avoid extradition to the United States.

 
Kate Winslet accepts damages from UK newspaper
Lawyers for Kate Winslet say the actress has accepted 25,000 pounds (more than $40,000) in damages after the Daily Mail falsely reported in January she lied about her exercise regime.

 
Carrey, Zemeckis capture 21st century Scrooge
Technology finally has caught up with Charles Dickens’ imagination.

 
Review: `Precious’ is great American cinema
As Hollywood closed specialty divisions that aimed for quality and personal stories, as studios focus more and more on superhero sagas and action blockbusters, cinema fans have rightly wondered, who’s left to make great American movies?

 
Chinese movie studio eyes NYSE listing
A third leading Chinese movie studio is aiming for a listing _ this time on the New York Stock Exchange _ as the country’s entertainment companies turn to the capital markets to raise funds.

 
Oral arguments scheduled in Polanski’s CA appeal
A California appeals court will listen to oral arguments from Roman Polanski’s attorneys about why it should require a lower court to decide whether to dismiss charges against the fugitive director, whether he is present or not.

 
Mel Gibson and his girlfriend welcome a baby girl
Mel Gibson and his girlfriend are welcoming the birth of the couple’s first child _ making the Oscar-winner a father for the eighth time.

 
Jackson is `It’ at box office with $23.2M weekend
"Michael Jackson’s This Is It" danced to the head of the box office, debuting with $23.2 million domestically in its first weekend.

 

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